Reddaway Farmhouse

Farmhouse. It probably dates back to the 16th century, with possible medieval origins, and was extended in the 17th and 19th centuries. The walls are a mix of plastered cob and granite, with a gable ended slate roof to the main range and thatch to a rear wing. There is an axial granite ashlar stack and a smaller 19th-century stack at the left gable. Additionally, the rear wing has a gable end granite stack. Originally, the house had a 3-room-and-through-passage plan, with the lower end on the left now including a shippon, which may be an addition from the late 17th or 18th century. The hall stack backs onto the passage, and the inner room stack was likely inserted later. A kitchen wing was added behind the inner room in the later 17th century, possibly with a contemporary outshut against its inner face. A small 19th-century wing was added for service purposes in front of the inner room. The front has an asymmetrical three-window façade of 19th-century small-paned, three-light casements, with a central 19th-century part-glazed door recessed behind an open-fronted 20th-century porch. A small wing projects from the left-hand end, and at the right-hand end is a doorway leading to a passage through the building, with a shippon to its right. An outbuilding, likely from the late 17th or 18th century, projects from the front of this shippon. The rear kitchen wing projects to the right and contains an outshut with unglazed wooden mullion windows. The interior was inaccessible at the time of survey, but a previous list description indicated it contains a four-centred wooden doorway with moulded shafts, an open fireplace, exposed ceiling beams, and a moulded plaster cornice in one room. Reddaway Farmhouse is still occupied by the Reddaway family, who have been documented in the area since the 13th century. It may have early roof trusses and remains externally unspoilt by 20th-century modernisation.